Cavico Corp. announced that Cavico Transportation, its wholly owned subsidiary, has signed a contract, estimated to be approximately USD9.43 million, for tunnel construction at Huoi Quang hydropower plant. The total length of tunnel is 9,895.89 metres. Its external diameter is 9 m and the internal diameter equals 7.5 m. The geology is porphyric rock and rhyolite. The planned method of excavation is drill and blast and conventional excavator equipped with bucket. ..

The Coentunnel Company BV consortium, formed by VINCI Concessions and VINCI Construction’s subsidiaries CFE and Dredging International, together with Dura Vermeer, Arcadis, Besix and TBI, signed on 22nd April, 2008 the concession contract for the Coen tunnel in Amsterdam with the Dutch Minister for Water and Public Works. The project, worth over EUR500 million in total, calls for the financing, design and construction of an immersed, 8-lane road tunnel, refurbishment of the existing 600 m tunnel and maintenance of both tunnels for a period of 30 years. ..

A group of engineering firms led by Pro Iter, teaming with Eng Team & Partners, C&T Engineering, Geosyntech and Spain’s FHECOR, scooped a EUR764,600 contract to prepare the final design, safety coordination during final design and associated assignments (surveying, geotechnical and geological studies, etc.) as part of the upgrading of road SS13 "Pontebbana" from the south ring road in Udine to Pordenone province's road system, first lot on the section from Ronche di Fontanafredda interchange to Ponte della Delizia. The project includes a 1.4 km single-tube two-lane cut-and-cover tunnel. Visit ..

Bemel Norge, Witt & Sohn's partner in Norway, pocketed a NOK7.2 million contract to supply impulse ventilators with a combined driving power of 72-80 kN for fire ventilation in a new 2.6 km-long tunnel on Bergen's west ring road, section Dolvik-Sandeide of road Rv 557. Visit www.bemel.no and www.wittfan.de 17/08...

Invitation for prequalification, deadline 6th June, 2008 for the main civil works of the 309 MW Upper Tamakoshi hydroelectric project (contract No. UTKHEP/03-2064/65) which consist of a 22.5 m-high and 60 m-long diversion dam; the Bhaise Khola intake structure including an approx. 60 m-long connecting shaft to the headrace tunnel;

Sociedad Concesionaria Autopista Los Libertadores S.A. was awarded the concession for the construction and operation of the 117 km Santiago-Colina-Los Andes highway under a public tender in 1997, for a term of 28 years. The operator is owned by OHL of Spain. OHL will invest USD101 million in expanding and improving the highway. The Chacabuco tunnel will be doubled and the upgrading of a 19.5 km

Invitation to prequalify, deadline unspecified, for construction of 750 mm-diameter gas pipelines. Contractors are required to have experience in tunnelling and microtunnelling. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=67831-2008, OJ S 49, or contact Snam Rete Gas, San Donato Milanese, fax +39 0252038570. Visit mevem@snamretegas.it 13/08.

Cavico Corp. announced that Cavico Transportation, its wholly owned subsidiary, has signed a contract, estimated to be approximately USD9.43 million, for tunnel construction at Huoi Quang hydropower plant. The total length of tunnel is 9,895.89 metres. Its external diameter is 9 m and the internal diameter equals 7.5 m. The geology is porphyric rock and rhyolite. The planned method of excavation is drill and blast and conventional excavator equipped with bucket.

The Coentunnel Company BV consortium, formed by VINCI Concessions and VINCI Construction’s subsidiaries CFE and Dredging International, together with Dura Vermeer, Arcadis, Besix and TBI, signed on 22nd April, 2008 the concession contract for the Coen tunnel in Amsterdam with the Dutch Minister for Water and Public Works. The project, worth over EUR500 million in total, calls for the financing, design and construction of an immersed, 8-lane road tunnel, refurbishment of the existing 600 m tunnel and maintenance of both tunnels for a period of 30 years.

A group of engineering firms led by Pro Iter, teaming with Eng Team & Partners, C&T Engineering, Geosyntech and Spain’s FHECOR, scooped a EUR764,600 contract to prepare the final design, safety coordination during final design and associated assignments (surveying, geotechnical and geological studies, etc.) as part of the upgrading of road SS13 "Pontebbana" from the south ring road in Udine to Pordenone province's road system, first lot on the section from Ronche di Fontanafredda interchange to Ponte della Delizia. The project includes a 1.4 km single-tube two-lane cut-and-cover tunnel. Visit www.proiter.it, www.engteam.it, www.cetengineering.it, www.geosyntech.it and www.fhecor.es 18-19/08.

Bemel Norge, Witt & Sohn's partner in Norway, pocketed a NOK7.2 million contract to supply impulse ventilators with a combined driving power of 72-80 kN for fire ventilation in a new 2.6 km-long tunnel on Bergen's west ring road, section Dolvik-Sandeide of road Rv 557. Visit www.bemel.no and www.wittfan.de 17/08.

Iceland Prime Contractor (IAV) and Marti Contractors signed on 8th April a ISK3.48 billion contract to build the Oshlid tunnel. The tunnel is 5.1 km long and 8.7 m wide and the portals are 310 m long, so the tunnel will stretch for 5.4 km in total. The contract also includes 3 km of roads and there are also two bridges, of 8 m and 32 m in length. The bid from IAV and Marti was 88% of the owner's cost estimate for construction costs. The whole tunnel is on land, under the Oshlid mountain.

A joint venture of Zueblin, Baresel, Ostu-Stettin and Hinteregger signed a EUR140 million contract to build a 1.8 km 105 sq m tunnel on road B 29 in Schwäbisch Gmünd. Visit www.zueblin.de, www.baresel.de, www.oestu-stettin.at and www.hinteregger.co.at 17/08.

Inros Lackner and WBI signed a EUR1.3 million contract for planning of a new 3 km-long 4 m-diameter flood relief tunnel and outlet structure from the Freiberger Mulde to Chemnitzbach. Visit www.inros-lackner.de and www.wbionline.de 17/08.

IVRCL Infrastructures & Projects has secured a INR4.8 billion contract from the Narmada Valley Development Authority for the construction of the third phase of the Indira Sagar irrigation project in the Sanawad district of Madhya Pradesh. Work involves the construction of 46 km of canal and 5 km of tunnel. The order also comprises the survey, planning, design, estimation, reparation of land acquisition cases, forest case and its clearance, shifting of HT and LT electric lines. Work is starting for completion within 48 months. Visit www.ivrcl.com 16/08.

A joint venture of Porr Tunnelbau, Jaeger Bau and Ostu-Stettin won the tender for planning and construction of the 2 x 2,082 m-long 70 sq m Osterberg tunnel in Saxony on the Erfurt-Leipzig/Halle high speed line. The twin single-track tunnel will be built using the sprayed concrete lining method. The two tubes will be connected by six cross-passages. Visit www.porr-ag.de or www.porr.at, www.jaegerbau.com and www.oestu-stettin.at 16/08.

Inexia, the engineering arm of the French Railways, SNCF, in joint venture with SEA Consulting and SWS Engineering, both of Italy, pocketed a EUR6.2 million project management contract for the planned safety tunnel parallel to the existing 12.9 km Frejus cross-border road tunnel between France and Italy, from the contract awarding phase to the commissioning phase. Visit www.inexia-ingenierie.com, www.seaconsult.eu and www.swsengineering.it 16/08.

Further technical details are available regarding the Lake Mead intake No. 3 shafts and tunnel project, recently awarded to Vegas Tunnel Constructors, a joint venture of Impregilo and S.A. Healy. The tunnel will primarily be excavated in late Tertiary sedimentary and volcanic bedrock. Of the 4,666 m-long intake tunnel, about 300 metres will be excavated in the Saddle Island Lower Plate (amphibolites, schist, and gneiss) and about 370 metres in the Saddle Island Upper Plate (schist, amphibolites, gneiss, pegmatite, dacite intrusives).

Konsortiet Förbifart Stockholm, a consortium whose partners are Sweco VBB, WSP and Tyréns scooped a SEK154.4 million contract for planning of the Stockholm road bypass. The project connects the E4/E20 to Haeggvik through Kungens Kurva and stretches 21 kilometres, whereof 16 km of tunnel. Visit www.vv.se/templates/page3____4290.aspx, www.sweco.se, www.wspgroup.se and www.tyrens.se 15/08.

The consortium Autopista do Marão, formed by Sacyr Vallehermoso's concession arm Itinere, its Portuguese construction unit Somague Engenharia, MSF Concessões SGPS and MSF Empreiteiros, has beaten AEDM (Auto-Estrada do Marão), a consortium led by Brisa Auto-Estradas de Portugal, in the bidding for the 29.8 km Amarante-Vila Real toll highway concession and the Geraldes junction-Padronelo junction toll-free section in northern Portugal.

Spadina Link Project Managers, a joint venture of Hatch Mott MacDonald, Delcan Corporation and MMM Group, has been awarded a CAD100 million project management services contract for the Spadina subway extension by the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) for a period of seven years. With an estimated final cost of CAD2.63 billion, the Spadina subway extension is the largest transit expansion project to be undertaken by the TTC in 40 years.

DHV clinched a EUR1.2 million deal for site supervision during construction of the Trofa railway bypass, including a 1,404 m-long rail tunnel. Visit www.dhv.com 14/08.